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Cliff Camp Dispersed Camping
Cortez, CO
1806 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Gorgeous view of Rock Canyon"
All of the sites mentioned under, "Cliff Camp" are found along BLM Road 4725. That road branches off of County Road N, and is a red dirt road, well packed, but lightly rutted and a little bit rocky.
We camped in the first spot (as denoted by...
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Snaggletooth Primitive RV Camp
Needles, CA
1807 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Nice little area tucked away inside rocky hills"
Snaggletooth is the name given by the BLM for the way the rocky hills look like jagged teeth. It's just one of many campsites and features found within the greater "Heart of the Mojave" region of the Mojave Desert. We stayed here as an overnight...
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BLM Road 717 Dispersed Camping
Kanab, UT
1808 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Beautiful views of southern Grand Staircase Escalante"
BLM Road 717 is not labeled on Google Maps, it just shows up on satellite view as a dirt road branching off of US-89, about 22 miles east of Kanab, UT, and running for several miles towards the Vermilion Cliffs. But this road, and others, are...
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Nellis Dunes Dispersed
North Las Vegas, NV
1808 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Closest free boondocking you can get to Las Vegas"
Nellis Dunes shows up on Google Maps as, "Apex OHV Recreation Area", but everyone seems to call this place, "Nellis Dunes".
Nellis Dunes is actually a huge area of land, just north of Nellis Air Force Base, but 99% of it is all dunes and...
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Owens River Road Dispersed Camping
Mammoth Lakes, CA
1808 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Generous length of stay, lots of pine canopy"
Owens River Road (paved) branches off of US-395, just north of the rest area, and heads east towards Big Springs Campground. Before you get to Big Springs Campground, there's dozens of dispersed campsites on both sides of Owens River Road....
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Thomas Mountain Road
Mountain Center, CA
1808 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Gem of a campsite"
The correct name for this campsite is, "Forest Road 6S13, Yellow Post Campsite #1".
Thomas Mountain Road (6S13) actually contains 12 yellow post sites in all, and this one is the first of such sites, located close to the Hwy 74 just a mile from...
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Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
Indio, CA
1808 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"It's like staying in an RV park"
We stayed here in between February and March of 2019, during the snow bird season, and this place really gets packed. But even with the 100 or so rigs camped here, there's still room for plenty more. Because Fantasy Springs Casino doesn't seem to...
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Maverik RV Dump Station
La Verkin, UT
1808 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Easy access, and free"
This is one of the newer Maverik stations with the RV lanes, and just so happens to have an RV dump. The RV dump is located just in front of the RV lanes so that it's very easy to access. Officially, the water is non-potable because the handle is...
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Hurricane Cliffs Designated Dispersed Campsites 36-48
La Verkin, UT
1808 days ago
RoadPickle.com 35 reviews
"Gorgeous views, Good Verizon signal, Fair amount of traffic"
We camped here 17 days from April 7 to April 24, 2019, technically beyond the 14-day limit, but we were dealing with some illnesses, and just needed more time. Otherwise, we saw no BLM officials policing this area, so it seems you can probably...
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Hurricane Cliffs Designated Dispersed Campsites 36-48
La Verkin, UT
"Gorgeous views, Good Verizon signal, Fair amount of traffic"
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Chappie-Shasta OHV Campground - Review - Road Pickle
Located at the base of Shasta Dam, just outside of Redding, CA, is Chappie-Shasta Off Highway Vehicle Area, along with its accompanying campground. Sash and I stayed here in April 2018...
Lowry Bridge Access Site, Montana - Free Camping - Road Pickle
Lowry Bridge Access Site is probably one of the few choices for free RV camping in the Great Falls, Montana area, and even at that, it’s not necessarily one of the better. Run by the Bure...
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Pelican Point FAS, Montana - RV Camping - Road Pickle
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RV Boondocking at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument - Road Pickle
Perhaps one of the best places to RV boondock within Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is along BLM Road 4725. BLM Road 4725 branches south from of County Road N. It’s a red dirt...
Snaggletooth Primitive RV Camp - Free California Boondocking - Road Pickle
Snaggletooth Primitive RV Camp is just a spot along a “dark desert highway” that might otherwise not notice. Located along US-95, on the west side of the road, just west of the Chemehuevi...
Free Camping at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument - Road Pickle
Free camping is practically everywhere at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, as long as you don’t camp at the trailheads and the few paid campgrounds in the area. For one, Grand...
Apex OHV Area - Free Nevada Boondocking - Road Pickle
When looking at from Google Maps’ Satellite View, Apex OHV Area doesn’t look like much. And when you arrive there in person, sure enough it’s not that much. But yet, it’s actually a decen...
Owens River Road Dispersed Camping - Inyo National Forest - Road Pickle
Owens River Road offers dozens of dispersed camping areas within Inyo National Forest. Located right off US-395, about 6 miles north of Mammoth Lakes, and about 6 miles south of June Lake...
Stewart's Point, Lake Mead, Nevada - Free RV Boondocking - Road Pickle
Stewart’s Point is a tiny hamlet located on the northern arm of Lake Mead. It’s within the Lake Mead National Recreational Area, but is a small community of homes that was grandfathere...
Thomas Mountain, Yellow Post Campsite #1 - Road Pickle
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Fantasy Springs Casino - RV Parking Review - Road Pickle
Fantasy Springs Casino, located in Indio, CA, offers unlimited RV parking. Even though the entrance to the RV parking lot has a sign that forbids overnight parking, there’s dozens of RVs...
Joshua Tree BLM South - Second Time Around - Road Pickle
Sash and I returned to Joshua Tree BLM South, a dispersed camping area on BLM land, just on the south side of Joshua Tree National Park. The first time we camped here, back in November...
Cedar Pocket Road, Arizona - Free RV Boondocking - Road Pickle
Cedar Pocket Road runs through the middle of Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness Area, a BLM managed section of land in the north west corner of Arizona, running along I-15 and the Virgin Riv...
Sheep Bridge Road, Utah - Free RV Boondocking - Road Pickle
Sheep Bridge Road is part of the greater Hurricane Cliffs Recreation Area run by the Bureau of Land Management, located between State Highways 9 & 59, just south Virgin, UT. It offers per...
Wagon Wheel Rest Area - Kayenta, Arizona - Road Pickle
Wagon Wheel Rest Area shows up on Google Maps as a “rest area”, shaded in green as if it might be some kind of park, or place where weary travelers can get in some shut eye. But when Sash...